Making a difference
Key words
Important people
Current events
Being a good citizen
100
True or false: in a democracy, the government has ALL the power, and the people have none.
What is false?
100
This is the type of democracy where people vote on issues themselves.
What is direct democracy?
100
The person elected to run a city or town is called this.
What is the mayor?
100
This terrorist was killed last year, and he was considered responsible for the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York.
What is Osama bin Laden?
100
Canada is this type of democracy.
What is a representative democracy?
200
When people organize parades or street protests with large groups of people trying to get changes made (peacefully), it can be called this R word.
What is a rally?
200
People can easily make their voice heard in a democracy by doing this V word.
What is voting?
200
In a democracy, these are the people who can participate in decision-making.
What is everyone?
200
The leader of a Canadian political party died this year of cancer. This was his name OR his political party.
What is Jack Layton? What is the New Democrats?
200
This "R" word describes things that you are allowed to do or have.
What is rights?
300
When a large group of people sign a letter to an elected representative, it is called this P word.
What is a petition?
300
This is the type of democracy where we elect people to speak for us, on our behalf.
What is representative democracy?
300
The highest elected official who runs a particular province in Canada is called this.
What is the premier?
300
There have been revolutions recently in Libya and Egypt. These countries are on THIS continent.
What is Africa?
300
This R word describes things that you have to do to participate in society.
What is responsibilities?
400
Direct democracy works best in these (large or small) societies.
What is small societies?
400
Our rights as Canadians are protected by this document.
What is the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
400
Democracy was invented and began in this country.
What is Greece?
400
This political party is in power in Canada right now.
What is the Conservative party?
400
The process of voting for an elected representative is called this.
What is an election?
500
Most democracies these days are this type of democracy.
What is representative democracy?
500
The building where the Canadian government works is called this.
What is Parliament?
500
This is the highest elected position in Canadian politics.
What is the Prime Minister?
500
This country suffered from a tsunami and a nuclear meltdown last year.
What is Japan?
500
This P word describes what people must do in order for a democracy to function properly.
What is participate?
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